| Term: | liver cystine |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | cystine |
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| Synonyms: | 3,3'-disulfanediylbis(2-aminopropanoic acid), 3,3'-dithiobis(2-aminopropanoic acid), alpha-Diamino-beta-dithiolactic acid, cistina, Cystin, Cystine, Dicysteine, Zystin |
| Definition: | A sulfur-containing amino acid obtained by the oxidation of two cysteine molecules which are then linked via a disulfide bond. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:17376] ( EBI ) |